Introduction, p. viii.
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Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 21, A Writers Decisions: Organizing a Long Article, p. 254.
“The writer who cares about usage must always know the quick from the dead.”
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 7, Usage, p. 45.
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 20, Humor, p. 246.
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 13, Bits & Pieces, p. 136.
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 9, Nonfiction as Literature, p. 61.
“A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.”
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 4, Style, p. 21.
“Be a writer. Write things down.”
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 10, Writing About People: The Interview, p. 70.
“Good writers are visible just behind their words.”
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 4, Style, p. 23.